[Autograph letter signed 'B. Toprak' and typescript specification by Bruno Taut].

Very Good Turkish Original autograph typescript letter signed by Burhan Toprak sent to Ferit Güney. 3 p. In Turkish. This letter signed by Burhan Toprak as 'Director of the Academy of Fine Arts'. Letterhead of 'Turkish Academy of Fine Arts'. Dated 10.26.1937. 'Mimarî egitim teskilâti ve maddeler' [= Architectural education organization and terms] typescript by Bruno Taut. Taut was a prolific German architect, urban planner and author active during the Weimar period. He is known for his theoretical works as well as his designs and buildings. Offered a position as Professor of Architecture at the "State Academy of Fine Arts" in Istanbul (currently, Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts), Taut relocated to Turkey in 1936. In Ankara he joined other German wartime exiles, including Martin Wagner and Taut's associate Franz Hillinger, who arrived in 1938. Some of Taut's work was received unfavorably, however, and labelled as "cubic". Before his death in 1938, Taut wrote at least one more book and designed a number of educational buildings in Ankara and Trabzon under commissions from the Turkish Ministry of Education. The most significant of these buildings were the "Faculty of Languages, History and Geography" at Ankara University, "Ankara Atatürk High School" and "Trabzon High School". His last building project, the "Cebeci School", was left unfinished. Taut's final work, one month before his death, was the catafalque which was used for the official state funeral of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on 21 November 1938 in Ankara. It was a simple design, consisting of large wooden columns and a flag that covered the coffin.